their wish list to life. [ girl ] ...princess doll, markers... good morning. it is thursday december 6, 2012. welcome to cbs "this morning." breaking news -- hillary clinton pulled a key meeting on the crisis in syria. this as concern grows over the possible use of chemical weapons. the duchess of cambridge heads home after leaving a london hospital. new fallout after an embarrassing phone hoax. and a contractor online. is that fair? plus anderson cooper talks being blinded by the light. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye-opener," your world in 90 seconds. this would cross a red line and those responsible would are

held to kwt. >> pressure grows to stop the syrian regime. credible use of weapons by syria. >> if that gas discharges it would take only one minute to kill tens of thousands of people. >> i would not put it past assad to use this weapon it's the kind of regime he's been leading. >> where are they taking you, john? >> to jail. >> john mcafee under arrest in guatemala for entering the country illegally. >> he vanished after his neighbor was found dead. >> the administration, are they prepared to go over the fiscal cliff. >> absolutely. >> fiscal cliff negotiations in washington, still up in the air. most lawmakers have gone home for a long weekend. >> i'll be here and i'll be available at any moment to sit down with the president if he gets serious about solving this problem. >> the duchess of cambridge has left hospital. there for morning sickness. >> how are you feeling this morning, kate? >> as of today, possession of

small amounts of marijuana is legal in the state of washington. now the 55th annual grammy awards revealed. the top contender, kanye west and jay-z. >> he's got it. kobe bryant. the greatest player in the history of the los angeles lakers. >> all that, ready for your mistake? >> yeah. i'd like to hear it. >> can eating while driving be distracting. >> no! >> and all that matters. >> former senator alan simpson is bringing his meg aboutssage about the national debt to a new generation. >> gangnam style. >> on cbs "this morning." >> the star? a toddler and tiaras earning a spot on barbara walters list of the 20 most fascinating people then barbara said i can't do this [ bleep ] anymore and retired. captioning funded by cbs

welcome to cbs thmthm. syria, signs deepings but signs of a breakthrough. the united states detected signs that syrian's government is preparing chemical weapons for possible use. >> meanwhile, secretary of state hillary clinton is holding an unscheduled meeting in ireland with russia's foreign minister and the u.n. special envoy to syria. a sign russia may be switching sides to put pressure on syria to stop the fighting. in dublin covering talks, margaret, good morning. do you think this is a sign of a diplomatic breakthrough? >> reporter: norah, the sign of a possible diplomatic breakthrough. flying here to dublin for a last-minute meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton and the russian foreign minister. it may signal that russia is finally willing to take u.n. action to send a message to bashar al assad to stop the killing. one of april saud's few

remaining allies and so faro posed action to intervene the crisis that killed nearly 40,000 people. >> margaret charlie rose here. has the report that david martin has, the story that david martin has reported that they're mixing the ingredients of chemical weapons influenced what the russians may be doing? >> reporter: well the russian foreign minister said that the assad government assures them that the reports that syria is readying chemical weapons are rumors. adamant among today's meeting, charlie, a signal russia wants to be a part of what comes next. if clinton can get them to support at the security council, they could roll out tough sanctions cutting syria off from any remains support. >> where does the violence stand? >> reporter: well, charlie, we're told that rebels surround the city of damascus which has been an assad stronghold.

secretary of state hillary clinton says that bash ar al assad is assad-of- could use chemical weapons to hold on to power and told cbs news, not clear she can negotiate an exit pnd tends to recognize the syrian opposition as the representative of the syrian people next week. that could start to pave the way for them to create a new government. >> very interesting. margaret brennan, thank you noor. in washington this morning, just 26 days left before the fiscal cliff deadline. president obama spoke on the phone with house speaker john boehner on wednesday while his treasury secretary said the white house is, in fact, ready to go straight over the fiscal cliff. major garrett is at the white house. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. later on this afternoon the president will travel across the potomac river to northern virginia to meet a middle-class family to make the self-evident

point if the there is a deal and taxes are raised by about $2,000 they'll be happier and spend more money. that's the p.r. side of this. much more importantly, for the deal, the two key players yesterday picked up the phone. the phone call relatively brief and substantive, though details remain illusive. shorter, sources say. the last week 28-minute conversation described then as curt direct and frank. no one with this call used such barbed words and occurred before treasury secretary tim geithner laid down this harsh fiscal cliff marker. >> if the administration, are they prepared to go over the fiscal cliff? >> absolutely. no prospect or agreement that doesn't involve those rates going on on the top 2%. remember, only 2%. >> reporter: that danger? not enough to keep congress in session. it's all right quit for the week. most lawmakers assume correctly there are bit players until there's a deal. that looks more complicated until mr. obama demanded

republicans raise the debt ceiling this month without any spending cut strings attached. >> if congress in any way suggests they're going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes, and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation, i will not play that game. because we've got to break that habit before it starts. >> reporter: the president sees the fiscal cliff showdown as an opportunity to break that linkage for good. republicans say they will not increase the debt ceiling now $16 trillion and due to expire in february without more deficit reduction. >> history shows the only major deficit cutting deals we ever do around here, ever comes after debates over the debt ceiling. it may be a good idea if you don't care about the debt but it's a non-starter for those of us who do. >> reporter: public opinion generally is on the president's side, but republicans in the house are not paralyzed or

perilous, more unified behind speaker boehner than a year ago. why is this important? the white house is beginning to notice and now believe there is a deal boehner can find the stroets pass it. >> an idea what's really at stake. rebecca jarvis has a look how the government spends money and how it could spend less. rebecca rebecca, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> the question comes up in terms of the money that we're talking about in raising the rate. how much is it that the republicans are objecting to? >> if you look at that $250,000 number, if you were to raise taxes on everybody making $250,000 or more in the country that would raise about $700 billion in revenue over the next ten years. that's a drop in the bucket compared to our $16 trillion debt, our $1 trillion deficit, and so what a lot of people are saying, and argues when they look at this situation is if you're really going to be serious about deficit reduction it can't just be about taxes. it has to be about spending

cuts, too. >> on that point of spending it's always important to remember, where do we spend money in the federal budget jt you've put together to remind us exactly where do we spend most of the money? >> the bulk is going to entitlement programs like social security medicare medicaid. that's mandatory spending. it's been budgeted based off of what we spend on our taxes. the bulk of it is going there. 20% is going to defense. discretionary spending about 13% then the 7% interest which is the interest that we are paying on our debt. that's also mandatory. we have to make good on our debt. >> which is why anybody serious about the debt says you have to look at entitlements. based 0en that. where are the areas for compromise? >> so when you look at where they're talking about cutting spending it's in the discretionary category. about $600 billion in discretionary spending is on the table now. when you actually look at the programs like social security and medicare one of the ideas for compromise that's been on the table is increasing that

age. the availability of medicare begins at 65. if you were to increase it to 67, about $250 billion in savings. also, if you look at medicare cost sharing. this is from the provider. if you go back to the providers to provide medicare and say to them, we need you to come around and provide, pony up a little bit of the money, you can save $350 billion, and also social security. right now a cost of living increase, built into social security and a lot of economists say that's way out of reach from where we actually are seeing the increases in cost of living. if you were to reduce that a bit you could save $232 billion. >> very important information. the savings over ten years? >> all over ten years. >> all right. >> all over ten years. remember what they're looking for, what businesses would like to hear what jamie diamond as jpmorgan would like to hear david cote at honeywell would like to hear what the fix the debt committee and simpson boles

simpson-bowles, $4 trillion over the next ten year. and prince william's wife catherine is out of the hospital after being treated for acute morning sickness. the royal couple left just at short time ago. >> good morning, norah and charlie. we were told from the beginning this hospital stay would last a few days. that's exactly what it turned out to be. kate along with prince william paused briefly at the hospital entrance as she left. if she was still feeling the effects of the morning sickness that has brought her here it didn't show, but neither she nor william would make any comment that she left. the couple's plans are unclear at this stage, but it's thought the royal mother to be will be resting in private and not making public appearances for a while. how she continues to feel after this bout of severe morning sickness will determine how public or private this pregnancy will be. it certainly was public to start. but for the past day, the story

has also been about more than the princess. especially since the broadcast of a prank call put in to the hospital by an australian radio station. >> hello. i'm just after my granddaughter, kate. >> the fake royal accent of the australian comedian impersonating the queen was funny enough but when a nurse then provided an update on kate's condition, the hospital administration was decidedly unamused. >> obviously, the vice what the australian broadcaster did may well have broken the law. on the other hand they've apologized for it. so we're going to have a long and careful think about what if anything, we do. >> reporter: the station said it was the easier prank call it had ever made. >> when is a good time to come and visit her? because i'm the queen, so i need to get down there. >> i would suggest anytime after 9:00 would be suitable. >> reporter: easy for a nurse, what she's supposed to do when someone calls up saying it's the queen, ask for proof. what started as a story here

about a difficult beginning to a pregnancy became more than that. it became one of a patient confidentiality and about humor, and about bad accents. >> thank you, mark phillips. in egypt this morning army tanks are protecting the presidential pappaslace as the president prepares to speak to the nation tonight. at least five people killed overnight and hundreds wounded as opponents fought out the palace gates. more demonstrations are planned today in cairo. holly williams is there. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. well egypt's political strife has now spiraled into violent clashes around the country, including a deadly confrontation here in cairo last night. supporters and opponents of president mohammed morsi battled for control of the streets around the presidential palace. they fought with sticks and stones. some people were carrying guns. other people threw molotov cocktails. egypt state tv says six people were killed. president morsi supporters camped out on the streets and

opponents are planning more protest later today. we're just now hearing from the military's elite republican guard they are ordering all protesters off the streets near the pallets and the deadline is less than an hour from now. president morsi's opponents are angry about a new constitution due to be put to a referendum a vote, in less than ten days' time saying he is a dictator and under the new constitution it represents his islam and fails to protect basic rights and freedoms. the president's supporter meanwhile, accuse the opposition of trying to derail egypt's democratic transition. president morsi says that he wants to negotiate, but is determined to push ahead with the referendum. and in the midst of this crisis he is due to address the nation later on today. charlie and norah? >> holly williams thank you. and winds of change are blowing through washington state this morning. and you might say they smell a little funny. a new law is now in effect. the first of its kind in u.s. that is allowing adults to own

marijuana for non-medical usa. john blackstone reports from seattle that supporters wasted no time celebrating. >> three, two, one -- whew! >> reporter: at the stroke of midnight cheers in seattle of marijuana officially becoming legal in washington state. >> yeah! >> reporter: an impromptu celebration was head appropriately enough at the space needle a seattle high point. did you ever think you'd see this day? >> i certainly did not. i did not. >> reporter: the air was filled with the scent of victory. for those who campaigned for this night. although, that itself is stretching the new law. it is not legal to use marijuana in public, just like alcohol. and while it is now legal for those 21 and over to buy marijuana, it is not yet legal to sell it. the state still has to write rules for licensing marijuana retailers. >> this is the beginning of --

>> reporter: washington voters passed the law partly because of the efforts of one well-traveled resident of the state. >> hi. i'm rick steves. >> reporter: rick steves for 20 years hosted a popular public travel show was prominent among those campaigning for legal marijuana. >> i spent a third of my adult life in europe hanging out with people who think it's wacky to be locking up people for smoking pot. >> reporter: in a show from amsterdam, steves gave a preview of what could soon be coming to cities and towns in washington. >> throughout the netherlands, bars selling marijuana are called coffee shops. amsterdam alone has over 300. >> reporter: he says america should not fear. >> consumption is not going to go up a lot. by every statistic, our government and the dutch government americans smoke more pot than the dutch, and the dutch have the most liberal laws on pot in all of europe. >> reporter: seattle's city attorney peter holmes also pushed for the new law. >> all we've done is achieve by prohibition is fill our jails

and make drug dealers quite rich. >> reporter: he says legal marijuana even with high taxes will be cheaper than illegal marijuana. >> want to put the drug dealers out of business? >> absolutely. >> reporter: now that marijuana is legal here in washington the state is going to start collecting taxes on it. the state hopes to raise some $500 million al year. but there is one catch. marijuana remains illegal under federal law. for cbs "this morning," john blackstone, seattle. times are changing. >> what the justice department is going to do because it's still a federal crime. now marijuana is legal for recreational use in washington and colorado state. >> it will be interesting to see how many other states now put it on for a vote. >> exactly. time to show you some of this morning's headlines according to the "new york times" british researchers say patients make using a powerful breast cancer drug should take it twice at long finding patients who took tamoxifen for ten years instead of five can

dramatically reduce the chances of having their cancer come back. until now doctors told patients not to use the drug for more than five years, because it was not worth it. >> and the "wall street journal" says apple stock fell 6% on wednesday, and some an legitimates predict it will keep falling based on the company's short and long-term outlook. apple shares hit record highness mid-september then fell 25% in less than two months. the "l.a. times" celebrates a milestone for kobe bryant the lakers superstar scored the 30,000th point of his career. last night in new orleans, only four player had more. wilt chamberlain, michael jordan and karim jal barr. and plans for the super bowl in new orleans. the network is taking over -- making sure everybody was listening. >> exactly. >> the network isic taing over jackson square to be the home of its network cable digital and radio assets. among the shows that will be staged outside in jackson square are the late late show with

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in the news this morning the gunshot that rang out inside what is now called the university of md m saint joseph medical center, a prisoner trying to wrestle a gun away from a police officer. christy alleto is lye with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. a prisoner at a hospital turns on hospital staff and the guard who was watching him. it all started wednesday afternoon at the university of maryland saint josephs medical center. police say a female officer was guarding a prisoner who had been taken to the er for medical attention. during that time the hospital staffer noticed the prisoner had some sort of needle

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these guys don't trust each other. they don't even trust each other in their own party. you've got leaders with people behind them hoping they can get their job the next go-round. durbin has somebody looking over his back because he voted for the package. every time they deal and boehner's got to go to work and come back and there's, now there's 70 of them left. the tea party guys. these are guys who went to congress not to limit government but to stop it. the reason we were so successful is we effectively pissed off everybody in america. >> congratulations, sir. >> kudos. kudos to you. >> you got to love senator simpson. >> no one in political life funnier than alan simpson.

>> so funny. did you see this clip of him doing gangnam style. watch this. ♪ gangnam style ♪ >> i rest my case. >> to his credit trying to connect with younger voters on that issue. >> indeed. an update on john mcafee, the software executive who disappeared in guatemala. in a jail questioned about a murder case. bob has the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. police in belize call john mcafee is person of interest in the murder of one of his neighbors there. cell phone technology pinpointed his location until then police didn't know where he was. >> the problem is they're trying to detain me. >> reporter: john mcafee's three-week run from authorities came to an end wednesday nipt in the silicon valley entrepreneur detained at an upscale hotel in

guatemala city. >> where are they taking you, john? >> to jail. >> reporter: with the help of interpol, arrested for entering the country illegally and taken to a nearby detention center. for almost a month he evaded police who wanted to question him about one of his make neighbors in belize. mcafee was not alone. reporter from vice.com joined him on his fugitive run to document mcafee's outrageous lifestyle, which now revolves around drugs, sex and guns. to promote his exclusive coverage, the online magazine published this smartphone picture of mcafee with vice reporter rocco castoro. a mistake. the hassingcker noticed it had gps coordinates where it was taken. he was inguatemala. april cross the border from belize. he denies involvement in his

neighbor's killing saying he only ran to escape a police witch-hunt. >> at that point i decided i had to do something, went under cover and i'm here and now going to speak out big time. >> reporter: he made millions with cyber security. >> most don't realize it but these little things carry a lot of information in them. >> reporter: joel brenner, until 2009 was a top counterintelligence official says unless the gps function on your smartphone is deactivated, your location is no secret. >> this is a tracking device. there's no question about it. and we're all carrying one now. >> reporter: mcafee, who is no longer connected to the software company that bears his name is no longer charged in belize. right now in a guatemalan jail asking for political asylum. >> interesting about cell

phones. all being tracted. >> that's how they found him. this story if you've ever complained online about a business, you may think twice about it. suing after criticizing on a website. the bad reviews could cost her big money. >> reporter: outside fairfax county court wednesday a lawyer for jane perez flipped through pictures allegedly showing botched home repairs. >> windows, work that was not properly done. >> reporter: the photos include door hinges trash allegedly left behind and what are said to be strands of hair in a refinished floor. >> i think we presented evidence sufficient to establish that the work was not completed, that he charged for work that had not been done and that the workmanship was very poor. >> reporter: perez hired christopher deitz, a former high school classmate in 2011 to do cosmetic work on her townhouse. unhappy with the rates, gave him a f on a consumer review

website. on yelp accused him of damages her home billing her for work he didn't do and suggesting he stole jewelry. she sended her scathing review with this advice bottom line do not put yourself with a nightmare of this contractor. he fired back with a lawsuit for defamation. >> no question i did 150% professional job in her house. >> reporter: he says perez' claims are lies. lies that cost him $300,000 in lost business. >> i believe that people should have the right to state how they feel, but when you state stuff as fact and it's not fact or it's not what could be is a are the positived, there has to be some type of for lack of a better word punishment. >> reporter: deitz award his first victory. take down any comments about theft and legal action. >> if we need to we will appeal to make sure that people are not afraid to speak out.

>> reporter: the court still must decide whether there are grounds for a defamation case. for cbs "this morning," chip reid washington. cbs news legal analyst jack ford joins us. how can you prove defamation? >> here's what defamation is for people to understand the desks, if you will. our constitution right to free speech is not absolute. there are limitations on it. for instance, the classic one, you can't falsely yell fire in a crowded theater. falsely yell it. because obviously, you can expose people to damage. what you can offer up is your opinion about things. as long as it's clearly an opinion. what you can't do this is where you get into defamation. you can't make a false statement of fact that damages somebody's reputation. so if i wanted to say, a situation similar to this i was just not at all happy with the work that my contractor did. that's okay. that's my opinion. but if i say, i was not at all happy with the work that my contractor did and by the way my contractor is an embezzler.

okay? now i've made it sound like -- or he sol jewelry or even make the argument saying he damaged my house. now you're making a statement of fact. now, the law also says truth is an absolute defense. so if somebody did damage your house or somebody is an embezzler, then you're okay. even though it damages their reputation, as long as it's true, it's okay. the classic thing to remember is, a false statement of fact that damages somebody's reputation. >> an opinion. >> reviews are really important online when buying stuff on ebay, when looking for a contractor, anybody on angie's list. so if you were going to post something about someone, you recommend, look it wasn't that great of a job? >> right. the internet is still kind of the wild west. you know tradition news organizations, we have editorial processes we follow. reliable sources, fact checking even though you have the right to the do it is it the right thing to do? if you're going online everybody uses this goes and does research first before they buy stuff. make sure you're doing it in

terms of a genuine opinion on your part. the other thing, don't cloak a statement of fact say, it's my opinion. it's my opinion he damaged my house. it's my opinion this person is a serial killer. you say the word opinion, doesn't mean it's no longer a statement of fact. the thing to be careful about. statement of fact that's false and damages the reputation. >> jack all right. >> a number of defamation of cases. >> people are starting to say, how do i defend myself, and that's why you're seeing this happen more often than not. >> more free legal advice jack ford, thank you. learning about a promising new treatment for alzheimer's disease. we'll ask a researcher why putting a pacemaker in the brain maybe work wonders. that's next on cbs "this morning." ♪

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the year's almost over. it's reported in 2012 a record number of people named their babies after apple products.

it's true. yes. the perfect way to tell your newborn child we're planning to replace you in six months. >> usually replace your apple products after six months to a year. right? >> exactly. a new one i wanted. >> exactly. exactly. there is some promising news this morning in the fight against alzheimer's disease. it involves the use of a pacemaker for the brain. the same device that helped tens of thousands of patients with parkinson's disease. >> dr. paul rosenberg is an alzheimer's specialist at johns hopkins university part of the first clinical trial of this treatment in the united states. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> tell me ow this works. >> you put two wires in the brain, in the part of the brain we know is involved in memory. the wires are attached to it looks like a pacemaker. a little battery that sits under your shoulder blade and it puts electricity through these wires. these wires run along the natural wires of the brain, which feeds your memory and

they actually stimulate those parts of the brain. >> similar to what we do in deep brain stimulation with parkinsons? >> exactly. the equipment is the same surgery similar, it's just a different part of the brain and based on what we know about memory circuits in the brain. >> what have the results been? >> there was a pilot, charlie in canada of six patients. they did somewhat better in terms of their memory. they did great in terms of their brain metabolism. and in alzheimer's disease you usually go downhill and these folks actually increased a little bit. >> did you go for this approach because chemicals were not working? those kinds of applications did not work for alzheimer's? >> i would say this can go along with the kinds of chemical treatments we're doing. admit dltstedly this year a number of disappointing drug trials. we're not done with that. this is a different mechanism.

>> any negative -- >> small risks of surgery. >> infection, things like that along with surgery? >> exactly. >> how invasive? how expensive is it? >> pretty expensive. i think it costs $50,000 to $100,000 for insurance. it's not that invasive. they drill a couple of holes in the skull and patch the wires in, and actually a lot less than you think it might be. >> i know you say not that invasive, but drilling holes in the skull sounds pretty invasive to people. >> it certainly is more radical than other things we've done. >> available fou for people who want to do this? >> we're doing research on it and the trial's up and running and looking for folks. >> and when might it be available? >> cautiously optimistic. a few years down the line mts alzheimer's is growing in this country and people are concerned they don't have teemtsreatments for it. >> ap epidemic and things aren't

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this is kind of scary, you guys. anderson cooper is fine now but said while filming a segment for "60 minutes" he got a sun burn on his eye balls and was temporarily blind. either that or anderson cooper is terrible at faking a sick day. oh, yeah. i got a sunburn -- my eye balls. i can't make it to work -- bye. >> not a sick day. serious. >> might be blind. >> for 36 hours. >> yeah. we're glad to see that anderson cooper is doing well this morning. he's going to join us. he lost his eye sight for a day and a half. >> we'll ask you about that and the much more on cbs "this morning."

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in a pennsylvania town that's seen economic 4 minutes before 8:00 we have bright sunshine but it's cold out there. better grab a heavier jacket. sharon is watching the commute and it's tim in for marty over at first warning weather. >> good morning. you will deft definitely need that heavy jacket today. it's going to be cool. a full day of sunshine. only in the 40s today. down to the 30s tonight. for another check of the roads we send it to sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. if you are just about the head out a couple of accidents one of them at north point boulevard at nor bush. another one in the city that one is going to be on howard at washington. if you're headed out on the beltway speeds in the 20s on the top and west side. 95 a little bit slow too. that's a look at the west side.

this traffic report is brought toy by home paramount pest control. call 888-888-home. in the news this morning a gunshot inside the emergency room of saint josephs medical center. christy alleto has the story. >> good morning. a prisoner at this hospital turns on hospital staff and the officer guarding him while receiving medical attention. it happened wednesday afternoon. police say a female officer was guarding a prisoner who had been taken to the er for medical attention. during that time a hospital staffer noticed the prisoner had some sort of needle hidden in his clothing. that's when the man grabbed the staffer. the officer stepped in by the prisoner tried to grab her gun. during that struggle a shot was fired into the wall. the hospital says thanks to the officers quick thinking and response no one was hurt. stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station.

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it is 8:00 a.m. welcome back to cbs "this morning." the duchess' stay in the hospital is over and why this could be the last time we see her for a while. and anderson cooper went on "60 minutes" and got blinded by the light. we'll talk about that and what he makes of john travolta and olivia newton-john returning. first a look at today's "eye-opener" at 8:00. the russian foreign minister says the assad government assures them reports syria is readying chemical weapons are rumors. >> sources tell cbs news the united states has detected signs

syria's government is preparing chemical weapons for use. and the white house is in fact ready to go straight over the fiscal cliff. if you're really going to be serious about deficit reduction, it can't just be about taxes. it has to be about spending cuts, too. >> prince william and wife catherine is out of the hospital after being admitted for acute morning sickness. >> told the hospital stay would last at few days and that's exactly what it turned out to be. software executive john mcafee no longer a fugitive. arrest arrested after his neighbor was murdered. >> police didn't know where he was. >> now that marijuana is legal here in washington the state will going to start cleshgting taxes on it. >> gangnam style. >> there is no one in political life funnier than alan simpson. >> mayor michael bloomberg announced new york will hold a contest to redesign the city's pay phones.

now, a brand new -- >> "eye-opener" at 8:00 is brought to you by the aarp. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. this morning prince william's wife catherine is back home in london after three days in the hospital. >> the pregnant duchess of cambridge was being treated for an acute form of morning sickness. mark phillips is outside the hospital in london. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. normally a royal baby gets this kind of attention when it's born. this one only had to be conceived. the duchess did leave the hospital today after three days inside treated for acute morning sickness, as she and prince william left, they were asked, she was asked how she felt. she said, much better. yelling across the street to reporters who had gathered here in the cold for that period of time. the couple heading back to their london residence at kensington palace will the duchess will stay for a period of rest we're

told. it's very unlikely that we'll see her over the next few days anyway. her weekend events have been cancelled. we'll see how she's doing next week before we see her out and about again. charlie and norah? >> mark phillips thank you. the grammy awards usually honor musical royalty, but young up and coming artists dominated this year's nominations. they were announced last night during a very big show in nashville. >> live from nashville, it's the grammy nominations concert. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ tonight ♪ we are young ♪ going to set the world on fire ♪ we can go higher ♪ than the stars ♪ >> ah. ♪ why you got to be ♪

>> they were great together. editor of billboard magazine is here to bring us up to date. i loved taylor swift and ll cool j together. unexpected to me. >> it was a little unexpected. who knew taylor had a gift for light improv comedy. thought she was just a singer and songwriter. >> got beat. in nashville. different. >> it was. big move for the grammys. they blew it out of the auditorium. more music, fewer nominations. >> young, the headline. >> young is the headline. fun, we are young. nominated in all categories "we are young" the song and the theme of the grammy nominations. lionel ritchey, a big record shut out. bob dylan, shut out. no nomination. >> kanye west? >> kanye and jay-z, six nominations, each, again, not in

a major category. >> how is it bruce springsteen with that new album is not nominated? >> i know you're outraged over this. >> outraged i tell you, outraged. you've heard the album. >> the grammy organization and voters want to get with what's happening right now. so it's been a big thing for them a long time. there are 81 categories. there's just too much and they want to focus on what's happening right now and they have. and they've done it successfully. this is a good list of major nominations. >> so what about the women? that was also a ed hadline last night. why so few -- >> album of 9 year. no nominations for women in album of the year and i'm a little surprised. a couple of my favorite records, fiona apple, pink very good records. different kind of records, and no nominations. all guys. and it is a little bit of a surprise. especially because the pop charts have been dominated by women for the last few years. >> why do you think that is? >> well, i think for one thing, people look to katy perry and

rihanna at singles artists, not album artists and nomated so much in the past. this is a chance to move on and an oversight. no two ways around it. >> i don't let the moment past without remembers dave brubeck. >> we lost at 91 years old did so much. in a moment where jazz was still part of popular music, did so much to introduce the young generation to the young sound of the cool jazz he played so well and beautifully, and he will be missed. a legend. >> thank you joe levy our local weather is starting off on the sunny side, all be it a bit chilly. we will go up to a daytime high of just around 47. it will be a full day of sunshine. we'll call it seasonably chilly. our normal high is 48. some clouds over night. 31 degrees is right on target for the normal over night low.

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our last visit with cnn anchor correspondent anderson cooper was five weeks again. since then listen to this guy. dodged rocket fire in the middle east, gone temporarily blind and getting a new high-pro file boss. your life is never dull. anderson cooper i saw the picture of tweeted. very scary stuff. what exactly happened to you? >> on assignment for "60 minutes" and in portugal in a beautiful spot doing a story on the water, a very windy day. only on the water two hours. an overcast day and i burned my eyeballs. didn't even know think was possible, but i woke up that

night, like eight hours later with excruciating pain and couldn't see and -- >> is it because your eye, blue? not trying to be funny -- >> i read people with lighter eyes have a greater issue with this, but you can burn your eyes just like you can burn your skin. >> what do you do -- >> i don't know. i don't think i did anything different. i was on a team in college, on the water every day of my life. i don't know because i'm older. the doctor says it was windy. uv light bouncing off water, like snow blindness. people on snow sometimes this happening, and it burns your eyeballs, and it feels like i mean, i didn't know what it was for hours. it feels like you have sand in your eyes. that's what i thought i had. >> did you see your career flash before your eyes? >> i did. in the middle of the night i woke up with excruciating pain couldn't. see i'm thinking jeff zucker has just taken over cnn. i haven't even meant with the guy. i'm going to be blind.

how am i going to adapt? like, 1:00 a.m. you know like you know your mind starts to play tricks with you. >> and easier to dodge bullets when you're blind. >> yeah. and i didn't see my hand in front of my face. >> did you have on sunglasses? >> no. i don't like wearing sunglasses. that's the thing. now i have to wear sunglasses all the time. >> small price to pay. >> amazing thing about anderson. he does not know as much as music in the segment we just had as we might have imagined he would know. >> really nothing about music. >> we think of you about the king of pop culture as well. >> i know. >> as well as a war correspondent. >> sorry to let you down. music, i didn't grow up listening to music. >> what do you do when you work out? >> rihanna and up tempo dance music and stuff. honestly, my assistant puts it on my ipod. i don't know how to do that. >> i do down load my own music and recently playing, who did this? i did it myself. >> i am so -- i just got apple

tv, which is if you don't have it, the greatest. >> just got apple tv? >> oh -- oh! when charlie rose says to you you just got a piece of technology, you know that's bad. >> wait, wait. do you have apple tv? >> yes. >> you do? >> had it for years. >> what is apple tv? >> apple tv changes your life. >> i've heard that. >> the greatest thing. i don't watch regular tv. >> i wouldn't go that far. >> just apple. the remote moat inthe most simple remote like a nasa computer i don't know how to use, but the apple tv easy to use. >> like $100. >> amazing. netflix and -- >> before we leave this tell me how you think, what changes might be coming at cnn? in other words, what's the challenge for cnn? >> look, i don't know. cnn has a great brand, a great place and dedicated journalists,

and like cbs, there's not a lot of places that have journalists working inging in the field and cbs is one, cbs is one and cnn is a place expanding with bureaus. that's important to us and in our dna. >> i worked for jeff zucker many years. he says in taking over cnn he wants to have more passion. do you think you can meet that bill? >> i think -- i certainly hope so. >> look, a lot of passion in people there and i think, you know, we've always done well when things are happening and it's in the slower times that we've run into problems and i hope we figure it all out. >> a big story in new york with the photographer who didn't help a man who ultimately was killed in a subway. you've been in predicaments you see something happening, working on a story. you recently had something happen to you with a little boy. >> oh, in haiti. yeah. that was -- yeah. an incident where somebody threw a concrete block on to a little

boy in hate and opened up his skull, everyone was running a way from him. interesting. i initially ran towards him to take the picture. too two steps. continued running. this is ridiculous i don't need to take a picture. grab the kid and run with him. i don't want to make a big deal or anything an incident i felt it was more important to get involved to help this person than take a picture. >> did you think what you were exposed to in gaza was more precarious that other situations you've been involved in? >> no i didn't honestly. i think there were targeted strikes. you know, look. missiles are blunt instruments, and innocent people get killed in them, but israel it's not indiscriminate sarajevo that was indiscriminate shelling. no idea where mortars would land. in israel's towns, you have no idea where hamas rockets will land. >> nor does hamas. >> yes.

at least there is a general idea that there is targeting involved. now, you may not know who else is in your building. that's the danger. we were operating in a building. who knows if hamas has an office on the lower floor. i watched israel put three rockets into a second floor of a building, didn't destroy the entire building hit what they thought was there target on the second floor. so i was worried in that i didn't know who else was around me and could there be a rocket launching site next door to me or below me? absolutely. but it was not the fear of indiscriminate shelling which you get in syria, bashar al assad is just shelling people. >> the other big story is princess kate. you've heard she's pregnant? >> i heard that, and in the hospital, too. >> a big name game. i suggested shitherrien. any thought to the royal family no? >> not a moment's thought. but i should.

>> what i really want john travolta release add video yesterday. >> i know. >> you've seen it? >> have absolutely seen it. >> can we show a little bit of the video and i want your take on it. john travolta, olivia newton-john, co-star from "greece." ♪ get the wheels down i'm coming home tonight ♪ >> i thought we were -- on so many levels, look i wish him best and i don't know the guy. i'm sure he's a lovely person and stuff, there's something going on. i don't know. there's a lot going on. >> i so disagree. >> you like it? >> i do. i think it's great between the two. i do. >> you are just -- >> no. for the love of god. i think it's really cute the two of them together. >> sure. okay. >> okay. >> that's your story, you're sticking with it. >> is it on a plane? >> well you know -- he's landing his plane, charlie. >> they're reunited. >> oh. >> maybe you can -- >> like a uv willy lady.

>> just a nice guy. nothing but the best and hope it's a huge success. i got no dog in the pond. >> as i said what do i know about music? >> there you go. we're glad your sight returned. >> i'm glad my sight returned to see that music video. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> one of the blessings of having sight. >> wrap it up. continuing the conversation after the break. we'll be right back.

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it is 25 minutes past 8:00. again, it is nice and sunny outside but it's a lot colder than it was this time yesterday morning. sharon is watching the roads for you and the commute. it is meteorologist tim in for marty over at first warning weather. >> definitely a chilly one. we're going up to 47 which is on target for our normal high. expect clouds tonight 31. a chance of rain by tomorrow afternoon other wise mostly cloudy. a daytime high of 52. now for a check of the roads we send it to sharon gibala with wjz traffic control. good morning. it hasn't been a bad morning on the road. we have a few accidents out there. one of them on the outer loop at hol lynns ferry road. another one on howard at washington. there's a look at your speeds on the beltway. in the 20s. pretty typical on the

outer loop there. same goes for 95 southbound. there's a live look at the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike. this traffic report is brought to you by the university of maryland medical center, focused on discovering ways to transform medicine. for more information visit umm.edu. things should be back to normal this at the saint joseph medical center. christy alleto that has the story. >> good morning. a prisoner turns on the staff and the officer guarding him while receiving medical attention. it happened wednesday afternoon. police say a female officer was guarding a prisoner who had been taken to the er for medical attention. during that time a hospital staffer noticed the prisoner had some sort of needle hidden in his clothing. that's when the man grabbed the staffer. the officer stepped in but the prisoner tried to grab her gun.

during that struggle a shot would you -- was fired into the wall. back to you . >> thank you. this morning a city woman is behind bars in connection with the fatal stabbing of her 2-year-old child. nicole fitzgerald has been charged with murder and child abuse in the death of her son, paris. he was killed in a home this past weekend. fitzgerald has a large knife wound on her neck, her attempt to kill herself. a man is rescued after his car goes off the road and down an embankment. it wound up 40 feet down. rescue crews pulled the 21-year-old from the car. at our last check he was in serious condition. with the government's fiscal cliff looming social security employees protest budget cuts in baltimore city yesterday. they're urging lawmakers to come to an agreement that does not include cuts in social security jobs and services. and stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. up next a pair of new problems for

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welcome back to cbs "this morning." boeing's new 787 dream liner is often called the airplane of the

future. at mark strassmann reports, the ride continues to be a little bumpy. >> reporter: when the united airlines became the first carrier to add the boeing 787 to its fleet last month it looked like clear skies ahead for the next generation aircraft. this week a pair of setbacks as one plane was forced to make an emergency landing in new orleans and the federal aviation administration issued an order all 787s be inspected for fuel leaks. >> every 787 mp manufactured will have problems in its initial production. >> reporter: united says the emergency landing in new orleans tuesday was caused by the failure of one of six generators, and the 787 never lost power. the generator has been replaced and additional tests carried out before the plane is returned to service. united also said that it's checked all three dream liners for fuel leaks and no problems were found. the dream liner was designed to make a revolutionary plane.

it's made of composite materials that make it lighter and more fuel-efficient than traditional jetliners. >> an aircraft with tremendous engineering, research development has gone into, and it is a safe aircraft. tremendous redundancy a very advanced aircraft. >> reporter: but the pathway to the futchure has not been easy. delays and issues with the plane the engine. for cbs "this morning," mark strassmann new orleans. cbs news editor peter greenberg has flown on the 787. peter, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> when you think of this plane, are we looking at compounding issues that have a larger story? >> well there are always going to be growing pains and trying to fit the little things when a new plane is delivered. three-year delay caused by not delivering the right kind of

parts on time. the first problem. then an engine disintegrated on a test panelane and now this electrical problem. bound to happen. the thing significant to report in this case when they reported the fuel leak problem, part of the problem, why the faa issued that air directive, the operator to boeing, boeing reported to the faa and issued the director, got to inspect all the planes. with the electrical problem yesterday, the pilots did the right thing. learned their lesson from swiss air flight 111 many years ago when the pilots had an electrical problem on that flight tried to troubleshoot it in the air. lost precious time and then the plane. in this situation, a sophisticated airplane with all the instruments in cockpit, an alarm, do the first thing you can, put the plane on the ground at the nearest possible airport and that's what they did. >> how safe do you feel they

are? cutting edge safety? >> i do. done a lot of testing. i've flown it. pressurize the 5,000. we're used to 8,000. you feel a lot better. >> how many of the 787s are in use? >> only 38 delivered. united airlines only hall three. the largest customer in the united states. 50 onrdrder. a big, big love affair with this plane, as do many other airlines. it's big. because they were so late in being delivered boeing only manufacturers 3 1/2 a month, trying to wrap up the production line to do five a month. wrap it up not doing the proper oversight? and that remains to be seen. the air directive order is a good thing the faa did it. inspecting it. only three in service in the united states and all done by united right now. >> do you like these kind of planes, gayle? >> i like them. most attractive tvs in the back

of the seat. >> the most attractive thing on these planes are the windows. the normal airplane window is small. these windows are large and tint automatically. a really cool thing getting in the plane. make as big difference. >> i'm with gayle. i like the tv. >> and wi-fi. >> right. >> we know about you and wi-fi, charlie. >> and peter, did you know charlie has apple tv? just saying. he's ahead of the curve. thank you, peter greenberg. thank you very much. daniel ek is not even 30 but he created his first web company 158 year years ago's there he is in the black shirt. ask him about his music streaming site and the future of the music check of our weather starting out sunny but chilly. daytime highs going up to normal. a full day of sunshine but winds from the north and northwest have been keeping us on the chilly side.

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disabled. unavailable and unifying. this proposal could not be matched. even current rivals put aside their differences for it. >> senator mccain -- >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. >> ah? a little good natured ribbing. i'm sure kerry had a comeback. >> thank you very much, mr. president. >> mccain teased you about a job you might get, and -- you hit him with the failure of his life. it's like -- it's like mccain nudged him in the ribs. mccain nudged kerry in the ribs. uh-huh mr. secretary. kerry turned around and stabbed him in the back. became an auntentrepreneur at 14. daniel ek. listen to music, share it for

free. more than 15 million users and 18 million songs. daniel ek joins us now. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> how do you characterize the musical application? social media? what is it? >> it's really a music app, but music, we think music is the most social thing there is. so it's probably a bit of both. >> you need to tell that to anderson cooper. >> yeah. >> but you know, you have been described, daniel ek as the music man. named one of the top 100s most influential, one of the most important men in music. what daniel recognized best is that if you make paying for songs easier than stealing them people will pay, this by ashton kutcher. >> one of the most precious commodities we have is our time. if we make it convenient for people to do things i think there's a huge market in that for pretty much everything.

>> the thing that's cool you can share it with your friends. i hear that's one of the best things about it. >> yeah. that's always been something really, really huge when it comes to music. you want to share music with your friends. we've all, you know back in the day, gone over to each other's houses and checked out each other's record collections, and now you can do it pretty much with two clicks on your computer. >> what's the most exciting thing happening in this arena for you today? the broad arena of social media, digital revolution where we're going, mobile, all that. >> right. well, you're exactly right. there's two supertrends really right now and one is social. more and more people are coming on to social media, whether it's facebook or twitter or even now instagram, and more and more media really is becoming social. the other one is that we're getting more and more computer software. phones are becoming computers, and we have these phones with us all the time. they're bringing us notification about what's going on in the world with our friends, and we

are exchanging sort of realtime events with them photos music, you know videos et cetera. so it's just a really exciting time. >> beyond music and photos, what's the most amazing application that you've seen in the last month? >> oh. it's probably this app called up, which is basically a bracelet you can wear. and what it does it allows you to sort of track your physical activity. so how much you've walked. how many calories you burned et cetera. definitely something i could use. >> yeah. what would you say, though about the music industry? how they feel about spotify? i first heard about your company two years ago from the music industry executive, who shall remain nameless mike tyler, who said to me this is really the wave of the future. because i was thinking but won't it hurt the music industry? >> well i think again, you know, the music industry because music is the most social

object, it was probably one of the ones that was hit hardest of all media types when it comes to piracy. so you know, a lot -- the music industry back in the year 2000 was actually about a $45 billion industry, and now it's about $15 billion. it's one-third of where it used to be, but at the same time people are consuming more music now than ever before. >> yes. >> so it's pretty clear that there's something wrong here. and what's wrong is that people are listening to music illegally. what we're doing is taking them from illegal, an illegal service and -- >> what's happening to pandora? >> well i'm sure pandora is doing well. i don't know what's happening to their stock price. >> you're saying the company is good? >> yeah. i think a lot of people are still listening to pandora. >> everybody looks to this question. there is apple. there is facebook. there is google. >> uh-huh. >> and there is one more.

and there's this competition. is that where the game is in the digital revolution? what happens between those four companies? >> well, i definitely think those four companies are sort of very much affecting the whole sort of digital landscape, but there's a lot of other companies out there that are making meaningful impacts. you guys had mark pink its onits on yesterday. >> you watched. >> yes, i watched. for gaming we're for music, and netflix for video. many other companies are doing many things as well. >> you saw the gangnam-style guy, getting reportedly $8 million from youtube, and the itunes it down load. what does that say about the future, do you think, of the music industry? they can get $8 million from youtube? >> i think it's great, because all of these sources of revenue just means we're going to get the music industry back to growth again. >> daniel thank you so much. >> thank you. >> you can visit cbs "this

morning."com to subscribe to our spotify play list. >> were she some good one on there, too. have you ever wanted to jump off of a bridge? not lately. more people than ever are taking up something youcalled tandem base jumping. why anyone in their right mind would want to do this. coming up next on cbs "this morning."

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jumping off of a bridge a building or a cliff is one of the most dangerous sports there is and that's why this man wants to do it. starting to become more mainstream in the sport of tandem jumping. a new way of risking your neck. >> 2012 becomewelcome. who's ready to do base jumping? >> reporter: one saturday every fall the new river gorge bridge in fayetteville west virginia transforms into a human launch pad. it's known as bridge day. the largest event in the world dedicated to a sport that defines the word "extreme." >> bridge day is not safe. basically the best way to describe it. that's what makes it so cool. 450 jumpers from 41 states and

10 countries. an amazing event. >> reporter: it's illegal in most of country. a free-fall parachuted jump off a fixed object. the jump must be from antenna, span from the earth itself. the length of free fall make it the dangerous younger cousin to skydiving. mark kittner has been jumping out of planes and off objects since the '90s and says although the ladder is moretter is more intense, it's more serene. >> the wind's rushing. versus space, you're standing on the edge. it's completely quiet. there's no motion. you're just really one with yourself and the object that you're on and so you're stepping off into nothing.

>> reporter: very few people have ever had that sensation, because it takes a lot of time and money. in those places you're required to have at least 100 certified solo skydives before you make a solo base jump. but recently, that's all changed. >> one, two -- >> ah! >> reporter: two years ago, he founded the first-ever tandem base jumping company in twin falls, idaho. >> did research and started doing it. >> reporter: for just $400 anyone can be strapped to an instructor and leap off a perfectly good bridge. >> bridge day, pretty exciting. you guys ready? >> yep. >> reporter: and for the second year in a row, base jumping's biggest day offering a tandem experience to any

adrenaline-hungry novelist. >> what made you decide to jump off a bridge? >> reporter: ronny franklin heard about that option and didn't think twice. >> my wife had pancreatic cancer four years. four months before she died one night she rode and said i wish you would have went and i would have went with you. i'm just not going to lay there and wish i did something. i'm doing it. >> reporter: he's on his way to crossing off everything on his bubt bucket list. >> hang on and smile big. >> reporter: finally at age 68 he was ready and able. with his son and quite possibly his late wife looking on -- >> ready? >> reporter: ronny bravely shimmied up to the edge. >> base jump. clear to base jump. three, two, one, zero. >> whew! >> reporter: only al few seconds of free-fall -- >> okay. let's do it.

land in the water. >> reporter: in the rough landing, it was everything he dreamt. >> it was fantastic. perfect. >> now everybody who wants to fly like a bird is able to come and do that. >> reporter: proponents of base jumping hope the new tandem trend may open doors to the sport in general and point to tandem skydiving as the reason why. in the 1980s, skydiving was reserved for extreme daredevils only. when it was perfected, the sport took off. today more than half a million tandem jumps in the u.s. alone. >> something like skate boarding was in the '70s. look how well it's accepted. yeah. we'll be there some day. >> reporter: so far only al few hundred people across the country signed up to par pr take in partake in one of the world's most dangerous sports. >> three, two, one -- zero!

>> oh, my -- >> reporter: but if all the reviews are similar to this -- >> that's awesome! >> reporter: the risks may be well worth the reward. >> i love you, honey! >> oh man. >> that's nice. alex is here at the table. i'm wondering if those who love and care for you know you do this? >> i tell my mom after. >> you looked like you hit the ground hard there? >> it's a very dangerous sport. the main thing, you only have a few seconds. not much reaction time. skydiving, 45 seconds if something goes wrong. here, not much. also winds can pick up. people jumping off cliffs and stuff like that can get pushed against that. >> even though doing it in tandem with somebody who's done it many many times. >> yes. with tandem base out of twin falls, idaho, they're only jumping off bridges. that's the safest place. if you are tandem jumping, that's the safest place to do

it. >> charlie, when are you going to do it? >> next year. a question to be answered how safe, how thrilling and how hard? >> it was thrilling. exciting. also a lot of fear. you come up on that edge it's over 800 feet. it's really not that difficult. >> what have you done that's more fun? >> that's a tough one. that's a tough one. i have skydived large bungee jumps. there's something about the fact, the danger factor in there -- >> i'm glad you're all right. glad you're all right. up next your local news. we'll see you tomorro

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more clouds tomorrow and rain in the afternoon with more cloud cover. the temperatures get warmer. a police officers gun goes off during a struggle with a prisoner at jant joes -- at jant josephs -- at saint josephs. >> it happened wednesday afternoon at the university of maryland saint josephs medical center. a female officer was guarding a prisoner who had been taken to the er for medical attention. during that time a hospital staffer noticed the prisoner had some sort of needle hidden in his clothing. that's when the man grabbed the staffer. police say the officer stepped in but the prisoner tried to grab her gunful during that struggle -- grab her gun. during that struggle the gun was fired into the wall. no one was hurt. an over night fire claims the life of a man in baltimore county.

the blaze broke out just after midnight in jacksonville. an elderly man was found inside. his identity has not been released. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. the cause hasn't been determined. in baltimore city the police department made its 1000th illegal gun arrest for the year last night. a pair of officers made the arrest on manchester avenue where they stopped a home invasion in progress. the new police commissioner anthony bass and mayor blake says it's indicative of the increased number of officers on the street and this city being made safer. a man is rescued after his car goes off the road and down an embankment. chopper 13 was over the scene yesterday when the car went off winters run road. it wound up 40 feet down an embankment. rescue crews pulled the 21-year-old driver from the car. at our last check he was in serious condition. it turns out the national

aquarium in the inner harbor is bringing in big bucks to baltimore. a new report commissioned by the aarea yum finds it has an economic impact of more than $300 million on the baltimore, washington region. almost 1.5 million people visited the aquarium this past year. more than half of them were from out of state. that report prepared because the acare care -- aquarium is looking looking looking -- looking for money to redo an exhibit. stay with wjz 13 for complete news, and weather

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